GENEVA, Switzerland, 2016-Nov-04 — /Travel PR News/ — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for September showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) grew 7% compared to the same month in 2015. This was the strongest year-over-year increase in seven months. Capacity climbed 6.6% and load factor edged up 0.3 percentage points to 81.1%. Growth in domestic traffic slightly outpaced growth in international traffic.
“September’s growth in passenger demand was healthy. Importantly, this rebound from August weakness suggests that travel demand is showing its resilience in the aftermath of terror attacks. We must, of course, be ever-alert to the ongoing terror threat. And overall the industry is still vulnerable to being buffeted by rising geopolitical tensions, protectionist political agendas, and weak economic fundamentals. This will still be a good year for the airline industry’s performance, but our profitability will continue to be hard-won,” said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO.
SEPT. 2016 (% YEAR-ON-YEAR) | WORLD SHARE1 | RPK | ASK | PLF (%-PT)2 | PLF (LEVEL)3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Market | 100.0% | 7.0% | 6.6% | 0.3% | 81.1% |
Africa | 2.2% | 7.5% | 7.3% | 0.1% | 72.7% |
Asia Pacific | 31.5% | 10.2% | 8.3% | 1.4% | 79.6% |
Europe | 26.7% | 5.0% | 5.1% | -0.12% | 84.3% |
Latin America | 5.4% | 4.3% | 1.0% | 2.6% | 82.2% |
Middle East | 9.4% | 11.0% | 13.7% | -1.8% | 73.9% |
North America | 24.7% | 4.2% | 4.1% | 0.1% | 83.5% |
(1)% of industry RPKs in 2015 (2) Year-on-year change in load factor (3) Load factor level
International Passenger Markets
International RPKs climbed 6.9% with airlines in all regions recording growth compared to 2015. Total capacity climbed 7.2%, causing load factor to slide 0.2 percentage points to 80.4%.
Domestic Passenger Markets
Domestic demand climbed 7.2% in September compared to September 2015, which was up from the 4.1% year-on-year growth recorded in August. India and China continued to experience double-digit annual traffic increases while elsewhere, results were decidedly mixed. All markets except Australia registered all-time highs in September load factors.
SEPT. 2016 (% YEAR-ON-YEAR) | WORLD SHARE1 | RPK | ASK | PLF (%-PT)2 | PLF (LEVEL)3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Domestic | 36.4% | 7.2% | 5.5% | 1.3% | 82.6% |
Dom. Australia (4) | 1.1% | 4.2% | 0.5% | 2.9% | 80.3% |
Domestic Brazil (4) | 1.4% | -4.2% | -5.3% | 1.0% | 80.6% |
Dom. China P.R. (4) | 8.4% | 14.0% | 11.2% | 2.1% | 83.3% |
Domestic India (4) | 1.2% | 23.6% | 19.1% | 3.1% | 85.0% |
Domestic Japan (4) | 1.2% | -0.7% | -1.5% | 0.6% | 72.9% |
Dom. Russian Fed. (4) | 1.3% | 3.6% | -1.3% | 3.9% | 82.1% |
Domestic US (4) | 15.4% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 0.3% | 84.7% |
(1) % of industry RPKs in 2015 (2) Year-on-year change in load factor (3) Load factor level; (4) Note: the seven domestic passenger markets for which broken-down data are available account for 30% of global total RPKs and approximately 82% of total domestic RPKs
The Bottom Line
October saw the global aviation industry take a major step ahead to ensure that its growth is sustainable. “The nations of the world came together through the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to agree a plan to offset the environmental impact generated by future air traffic growth.
In taking this unprecedented step toward achieving long-term sustainability for an entire industrial sector, governments recognized the immense contribution aviation makes to economic development and global well-being. In conjunction with our investments in more efficient technologies, infrastructure and operations, this will ensure that aviation can continue to be the business of freedom, connecting our world with safe, efficient, reliable and sustainable air transport,” said de Juniac.
View full September passenger traffic analysis (pdf)
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SOURCE: International Air Transport Association (IATA)
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